Iver Fire
The Iver Fire was reported on June 24, 2024 in Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska and burned 24,142 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,142 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped October 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM AKDT, 24,142 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.202, -148.630.
The incident
- Size
- 24,142 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2024 at 10:11 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 37 miles northeast of Fairbanks
- County
- Fairbanks North Star County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Part of
- Grapefruit Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKTAD-000249
- IRWIN identifier
- CA2A4A64-CBF8-4139-B162-B08A0BD956D8
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 26, 2024 (2,875 acres) to August 5, 2024 (24,142 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,825 acres, mapped June 29, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2024 | 2,875 | |
| June 27, 2024 | 5,044 | +2,169 |
| June 28, 2024 | 5,824 | +780 |
| June 29, 2024 | 14,649 | +8,825 |
| June 30, 2024 | 18,052 | +3,403 |
| July 1, 2024 | 18,052 | 0 |
| July 2, 2024 | 19,310 | +1,258 |
| July 3, 2024 | 19,733 | +423 |
| July 8, 2024 | 22,974 | +3,241 |
| July 11, 2024 | 23,393 | +419 |
| July 13, 2024 | 23,865 | +472 |
| July 23, 2024 | 24,055 | +190 |
| July 25, 2024 | 24,055 | 0 |
| July 26, 2024 | 24,136 | +81 |
| August 5, 2024 | 24,142 | +6 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ester, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ester, AK30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Farmers Loop, AK34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- College, AK34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fairbanks, AK37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Badger, AK42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- North Pole, AK49 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKTAD-000249.